Caroline Miller’s Write Away Blog
Writing Posthumously
Apr 06, 2015
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Last Friday, I wrote about the importance of solitude in an artist’s life. Today, I’m following up with a similar theme based on a review of H. J. Jackson’s, Those Who Write for Immortality. (”Immortal Beloved,” by William Giraldi, The New Republic, March 2015, p
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At The Close Of Women’s History Month
Mar 31, 2015
Though it was a belated recognition, Rosalind Franklin is acknowledged to have determined the overall B-form of the DNA helix (Wikipedia) for which Francis Crick and James Watson were awarded the Nobel Prize. Men taking credit for women’s ideas isn’t new. But a new book by M
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A Crude Gamble
Mar 30, 2015
Several years ago, I bought an oil stock that ended up a gusher and pumped up my portfolio nicely. Later, I sold it at its peak which made me and the IRS happy. Since that time, the company has lost value because there’s an oil glut around the world. In fact, the United Stat
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Technology: Humans On a Stick/Virtual Family Visits
Mar 27, 2015
Not long ago, a reader sent me an article from The New York Times, “Among the Disrupted,” by Leon Wieseltier. He was writing about the many ways technology invades our culture, calling the effect a tyranny of technology. (Click) Below are two examples of recent advances. I
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The Abuse Of Power
Mar 26, 2015
Islam Yaken is a middle class Egyptian youth who gave up his dream of becoming a professional trainer when the economy in his country tanked. As his alternative, he chose to became an Isis terrorists. (“The Deadly allure of jihad,” reprint from The New York Times in The Week, Ma
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Gone Fishing
Mar 24, 2015
Today marks my 6th year as a blogger, writing 5 days a week (M-F) on the writing life and what other writers have to say about life. Social commentary is the way I guess you’d categorize what I do, for those who care about categories. I don’t. But I do care about my reader
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Fifty Shades Of Grey Or Less
Mar 23, 2015
Two of the least effective words in the English language are “ought” and “should” which, when employed, are more likely to annoy rather than influence a person’s behavior. If “ought’ and “ should” had any clout, obesity would be conquered, along with alcoholism and
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Can Empathy Lead?
Mar 20, 2015
A year ago, I made a reference to José Mujica, President of Uruguay — a man described as the world’s poorest president; a man, jailed for 14 years in the 1970s as a revolutionary; a man known world-wide as the humble leader of his people. Elected to the country’s highest
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Time Isn’t The Enemy
Mar 19, 2015
In February, my mother turned 99. We celebrated, of course. There was cake for lunch and cake for dinner, any flavor but it had to include a lemon filling. The nurses and doctors who care for my mother are amazed at her vitality and wit, not only taking her age into account, but
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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